Osborn v. Will

Appeal by plaintiffs from an order denying their motion for a new trial.

The action is one to recover damages for fraud, for false oral representations made by defendants to plaintiffs to induce them to purchase two lots and the dwelling house situated thereon in the city of Minneapolis.

Clarke Nicholson and his mother, Antoinette Nicholson (not now a party to the suit) were the fee owners of the property. They had sold it on contract to defendant Carl H. Will, and he and his wife, Helen R. Will, were occupying the premises under the contract. Plaintiffs negotiated with the Wills and Clarke…